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30-07-2009, 08:32 AM
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Cane Farmer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tom Price, WA
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Alrighty,
going down to Townsville dragway on Saturday night. What should I expect? I've never raced before... I don't plan on stalling my car up as I don't have a tranny cooler and I don't want to lunch my gearbox as I have a 4 hour drive home afterwards. Radiator overflow bottle? I know the tread on my tyres is fine...All my lights work... I know to wear clothes that cover me, shoes and an approved helmet. They are only street meets, so I don't think they are too strict. Umm, what about at the lights? Guess if I'm not stalling it up, to just mash the pedal when the light goes green. I'm assuming it's worth my while to use manual mode. Will I have to run more then half a tank of juice? Just in case? What kind of times should I expect? Got the usual mods...full exhaust, high flow cat, intake, etc etc... I'm thinking maybe a mid 15 with a good 60ft? Can't wait to go down =) Gonna challenge my mate in his VLT.
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30-07-2009, 08:40 AM
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What mods have you done to your car? Just dont worry about reaction time either!
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30-07-2009, 08:58 AM
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Cane Farmer
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F6 Lower intake, K&N filter, 3in" intake piping, Hurricane headers (same design as 4490s but slighly larger secondarys), 2.5in" high flow cat, 2.5in" catback, single centre muffler, CAPA generic 98 tune...
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30-07-2009, 03:25 PM
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loving the turbo
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after the second amber then go hal, don't wait for the green.
tyre pressure 22psi stall it up a lil bit, 1750rpm maybe fog lights off makes better video was planning on being there this weekend as well but one of the guys has his gearbox out so we are all gunna wait
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30-07-2009, 04:50 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
 
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Don't worry about mucking around with the SSS, stick it in D for Drag.
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31-07-2009, 01:03 AM
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Wheel Wally
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"Mate I put it in D for drag and then I put it in R for Racing but she blew up and she was P-k-d"
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30-07-2009, 05:35 PM
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Cane Farmer
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D for drag haha, love it!
EJ, Cheers for the tips! We are doing the trip from cairns and back in one day/night. Gonna be a looooong day!
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31-07-2009, 07:38 AM
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Falcon RTV - FG G6ET
 
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31-07-2009, 09:53 AM
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If your not going to stall up deep stage the car till theirs only one light on,should help your 60s.A burnout wont help but is obviously alot of fun.Good luck,hope you snag a 14.99 or better.
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02-08-2009, 10:55 AM
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loving the turbo
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results?
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02-08-2009, 06:30 PM
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loving the turbo
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nice work, 60 ft times pretty good for street tyres in the ville.
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04-08-2009, 10:50 AM
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Cane Farmer
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This is the exact results for my best run.
Reaction: 1.124 60ft: 2.099 ET: 15.448 (I misread the 8 as a 3) ES: 89.10mph. Ordered an underdrive pulley and belt, and hopefully get the car tuned before I go back. Maybe then I'll crack a 14.99. I hope so! I just wish 1st gear wasn't a moonshot. I'm only getting into 3rd about 50m from the finish line. Maybe it's time for a stally as well. I'm hooked!
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04-08-2009, 11:01 AM
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4.11 gears will have 3rd humming through the traps at around 95mph
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04-08-2009, 11:07 AM
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Cane Farmer
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What about 3.73s mate?
I think 4.11s might be overkill for what I'm trying to achieve!
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04-08-2009, 11:10 AM
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if you want the most out of 3rd gear youll need 4.11s.About 2250 at 100kmh in 4th gear,not to bad.
Most of the quickest N/As run these gears. |
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04-08-2009, 11:14 AM
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Cane Farmer
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Oh ok, that's better then I thought, I had in my mind 2500rpm in 4th for some reason...
What would you reccommend stall wise? I'm thinking 3000rpm stally, should see better launches...but will that size stuff up streetability?
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04-08-2009, 11:23 AM
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